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Yes, the NSA really did ban Furby from its premises in 1999 (feddit.uk)
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In case you were wondering, yes, GCHQ banned them too. This incident also led to one of the funniest FAA papers ever.

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[โ€“] AngularViscosity@piefed.social 12 points 2 days ago

I remember having one as a kid. I get that the gimmick was that it was supposed to learn human language progressively, but I kept wondering why mine never improved. Turns out that the translation for Spanish was so awful that it was often downright confusing to use.

"Ruido abajo, por favor" does not mean "keep noise down" but "(make) noise below, please." ๐Ÿ™ƒ